BISMARCK, ND (KVRR) – Attorney General Drew Wrigley will hold a news conference in Fargo Wednesday to discuss last week’s use of deadly force by Fargo Police Officer Zach Robinson. On Friday, July 14, Robinson shot and killed Mohamad Barakat, the gunman who opened fire and shot three police officers and a woman last Friday in south Fargo. Police Officer…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR-NewsDakota) – Police are seeking help in identifying the body of a man that was recovered from the Sheyenne River in Valley City on Monday. Police Chief Phil Hatcher says the victim was white, about 30 to 40 years old, with dark short hair, and a beard. The man was about 5’8″ to 5’10” tall and weighed…
FARGO (KVRR) – Fargo Police and Mayor Tim Mahoney hold a news conference to provide more information about Friday’s fatal shooting of a Fargo police officer. Two other officers who were shot remained in critical, but stable condition Saturday afternoon. Categories: Crime, Local News, North Dakota News
Gage StevensonWATERTOWN, S.D. (KVRR-KWAT) – A Moorhead, Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to Second Degree Manslaughter in connection with the traffic death of a Watertown woman nearly four years ago. Twenty-year-old Gage Thatcher Stevenson was at the wheel of a car that was westbound on U.S. Highway 212 in Watertown on September 17, 2019, when he intentionally crossed over the…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Red River Valley Fair in West Fargo is still a few days away, but there’s already plenty of activity at the fairgrounds. We stopped by with the KVRR drone to get a birds-eye view of the work and setup in progress. The fair begins its annual 10 day-long run on Friday. Grandstand acts this…
FARGO (KVRR) – A new restaurant that specializes in Japanese cuisine and Korean barbecue is coming to south Fargo. SOHO 23, formerly Yuki-Hana, will be located in the 25th St. Market, about a block south of 13th Ave. S. Owner Jin Y. Myung is tentatively planning for a “soft opening” later this month, but she says finding employees has been…
MEDORA, N.D. (KVRR-PRAIRIE PUBLIC) – A controversial statue of former President Theodore Roosevelt will not be displayed immediately when the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library opens in Medora. The statue, called the “Equestrian Statue of Theodore Roosevelt,” stood outside the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Unveiled in 1940. It depicts Roosevelt on horseback with a Native American man…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – The Director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at Minnesota State University Moorhead is the first recipient of the city’s Destiny Holiday Award. Jered Pigeon leads a team that provides programming and services to students through the American Indian Center, the Intercultural Center, the Rainbow Dragon Center and the Women’s Center. “He provides inspiration through…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The Fargo Park Board has voted to terminate the employment of Executive Director Dave Leker. The vote was 3-2 in favor of ending Leker’s contract. Board member Vicki Dawson made the motion with Jerry Rostad and Dawn Morgan voting in favor, and Aaron Hill and Joe Deutsch voting no. Morgan said Fargo Parks needs a more visionary…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Sanford Health System has confirmed that a laser was pointed at one of its Airmed helicopters near Hector International Airport early Thursday morning. The report was made to the FAA control tower at about 4:20 a.m. There were indications that the laser was coming from near Concordia College in Moorhead. The information was relayed to police by…
